Czechia vs Poland: Electoral democracy
Czechia
2
in 2025
Poland
2
in 2025
Czechia rank
1st
Poland rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Czechia
- Poland
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 2 against 2 in Poland, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 169 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Poland ahead.
Czechia ranks 1st and Poland ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Czechia averaged higher in 2 and Poland in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Czechia | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Poland |
| 1920s | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | Czechia |
| 1930s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Czechia |
| 1940s | 0.3333 | 0.5 | 0.1667 | Poland |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Poland |
| 1960s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Poland |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Poland |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Czechia or Poland?
- Czechia, at 2 against 2 in Poland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Czechia and Poland?
- 0, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Poland?
- 169 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Czechia and Poland rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Czechia ranks 1st and Poland ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Electoral democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.